Cox’s Bazar Correspondent :
After visiting the Matarbari Power Plant on Friday, a joint team of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and high profile officials of Bangladesh government said that five more power plants with 12,000-megawatt capacity would be built here in future.
On behalf of the visiting team, Energy Adviser to the Prime Minister of Bangladesh Dr. Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury confirmed the news to the journalists.
During the visit, State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid, MP, Ashek Ullah Rafiq, MP, Senior Secretary of Home Ministry Dr Mozammel Haque Khan, Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Mohammad Nizam Uddin, Inspector General of Police AKM Shahidul Haque, BPM, PPM, Energy Secretary Monowar Islam, Director General of Ansar and Village Defence Police Major General Mizanur Rahman, Director General of Coast Guard Bangladesh Rear Admiral Aurangzeb Chowdhury, Additional Secretary of Power Division Md Mahbub ul Alam, Additional Secretary of Economic Relations Division SM Aminur Rahman, Deputy Commissioner of Cox’s Bazar Md Ali Hossen, Police Super Shyamol Kanti Nath, Chief Engineer of Chittagong Power Division Shamsul Alam, Deputy Secretary of Power Division Mohammad Nazmul Abedin, and High Commissioner of Japan to Bangladesh Masato Watanabe were also present.
After visiting the Matarbari Power Plant on Friday, a joint team of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and high profile officials of Bangladesh government said that five more power plants with 12,000-megawatt capacity would be built here in future.
On behalf of the visiting team, Energy Adviser to the Prime Minister of Bangladesh Dr. Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury confirmed the news to the journalists.
During the visit, State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid, MP, Ashek Ullah Rafiq, MP, Senior Secretary of Home Ministry Dr Mozammel Haque Khan, Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Mohammad Nizam Uddin, Inspector General of Police AKM Shahidul Haque, BPM, PPM, Energy Secretary Monowar Islam, Director General of Ansar and Village Defence Police Major General Mizanur Rahman, Director General of Coast Guard Bangladesh Rear Admiral Aurangzeb Chowdhury, Additional Secretary of Power Division Md Mahbub ul Alam, Additional Secretary of Economic Relations Division SM Aminur Rahman, Deputy Commissioner of Cox’s Bazar Md Ali Hossen, Police Super Shyamol Kanti Nath, Chief Engineer of Chittagong Power Division Shamsul Alam, Deputy Secretary of Power Division Mohammad Nazmul Abedin, and High Commissioner of Japan to Bangladesh Masato Watanabe were also present.
